I wrote earlier today about my six day hiatus from the gym. I have every excuse in the book for why I didn't get there: I went to bed to late and thus slept through my alarm, I had to leave for work SUPER early a few times, my husband started rehearsals for the show he is directing so evenings were out, I had lunch meetings a lot. In fact, when I listed all of my excuses in great detail to my coworker, he looked me dead in the eye and said "so you have a lot of excuses and no workouts". Yep. That is true. I have a ton of reasons, valid and otherwise, why I didn't get to the gym. But ultimately, I didn't plan well. I didn't take time to look at my schedule and my family's schedule to figure out when I could make it work. And I didn't ask for enough help from my husband when it was obvious my lack of plan was going to mess up my chances of getting my hands on a barbell or my feet in my sneakers each day. I do best when I workout first thing in the morning. I get up between 5 and 530 and get it done. And when I don't....it very rarely happens.

But I'm giving myself grace here. Our entire schedule has changed for the next ten weeks. School is back in session, I'm travelling a TON, and my husband is in rehearsals. We will rarely be home together the same nights of the week, so our ability to support each other in the evenings just went way down to zero. I missed the big picture last week and didn't see how all of this would affect our day to day.

So I missed six days in a row. And that's okay. Just like one meal off my nutrition plan isn't going to kill my progress, one workout missed won't either.

um....Janet? You missed six.

Yep - and I'm self aware enough to see that if I don't break this cycle I'll end up with a bad habit so today is non negotiable. I've already asked for help from my husband to make sure it happens (yay me!), and I've planned my Sunday to fit in my workout, what we want to do, and what we need to get done.

We all have off days, off weeks, off months. It's getting back on the horse that matters. My planner is out, my workouts are scheduled, and I'm ready to make it happen. And still choose grace when it doesn't.